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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 2

Recreation-grounds

20. For the purpose of section 21 of this by-law the term “recreation-ground” means any recreation-ground set apart for the common use of Maoris (including any buildings thereon), but does not include any such recreation-ground for the control of which trustees have been appointed by the Maori Land Court or pursuant to any enactment.

21. Every person who—

(a) Wilfully damages any fence, locked gate, building, or other structure erected upon any recreation-ground :

(b) Breaks, cuts, or removes any plant, shrub, bulb, or tree within or from any recreation-ground, except with the permission of the Tribal Executive :

(c) Leaves bottles, glass, crockery, paper, remnants of food, or other litter within the limits of any recreation-ground, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

Billiard-rooms

22. For the purpose of sections 23 to 31 of this by-law—

“Billiard-room” means and includes any premises within a Maori village used for the purpose of playing therein in consideration of a money payment the games of billiards, pool, pyramids, snooker, bagatelle, or any of these games or games of a like nature :

“Keeper” means the holder for the time being of a licence for any billiard-room.

23. Nothing in this by-law shall be deemed to relieve any person from the necessity of obtaining any licence which may be required by the by-laws of any appropriate local authority.

24. No person shall occupy, keep, or use any premises within a Maori village as a billiard-room without first obtaining from the Tribal Executive a licence, which shall be in the Form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect, and signed by the Chairman of the Tribal Executive :

Provided that such licence shall not be required in the case of any person who produces to the Tribal Executive a licence to operate such billiard-room which has been granted to him by the local authority having jurisdiction over the county, borough, or town district wherein such billiard-room is situated and which is for the time being in full force and effect.

25. Every licence granted to the keeper of any billiard-room by the Tribal Executive shall remain in force for twelve months from the date thereof, and if a renewal of such licence is desired it shall be applied for before the expiry of the term for which it was granted.

26. The fee for a licence granted by the Tribal Executive shall be £10.

27. Any person who commits a breach of sections 25 or 26 of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £20.

28. (1) Every keeper of a billiard-room within a Maori village shall—

(a) Cause the said billiard-room and every passage or staircase leading thereto or therefrom to be maintained in good and clean order and condition and well lighted, and shall provide and maintain in like order and condition all proper sanitary conveniences for the use of his customers :

(b) Keep his billiard-room closed during the whole of every Sunday, and also during the whole of Christmas Day and Good Friday, and on other days shall not open the billiard-room before eight o’clock in the morning nor allow the same to remain open after eleven o’clock in the evening :

(c) Permit any Maori Warden or any person authorized in that behalf by the Tribal Executive to have at all times free access and entry to and into the billiard-room and every part thereof :

(d) Use his best endeavours to prevent any drunken person from entering the said billiard-room, and to expel therefrom any drunken person who has gained admittance thereto and any person found gambling or using improper language or behaving himself improperly therein.

(2) Any keeper of a billiard-room who commits a breach of this section of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

29. Any person who brings into or permits to be brought into, or consumes, or permits to be consumed in any billiard-room within a Maori village any intoxicating liquor shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

30. No Maori under the age of eighteen years shall enter or remain in any billiard-room, whether within a Maori village or not. Any person who commits a breach of this section of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s. for a first offence and not exceeding £1 for every subsequent offence.

31. Any keeper of a billiard-room within a Maori village who permits any Maori under the age of eighteen years to enter or allows him to remain in such billiard-room shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

GAMBLING

32. Any person found playing for money, whether by cards or any other game within any Maori village, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence, not exceeding £1 for the second offence, and not exceeding £2 for every subsequent offence.

33. Any person being the owner or occupier of any house or premises situate in any Maori village who shall permit or allow gambling or playing for money in such house or upon such premises shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding £2 for the second offence, and not exceeding £5 for every subsequent offence.

SALE OF GOODS IN MAORI VILLAGES

34. No person shall occupy or use any shop or other premises within a Maori village for the purpose of selling goods to the public without having first obtained from the Tribal Executive a licence, which shall be in the Form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto and signed by the Chairman of the Tribal Executive. The fee for such licence shall be £2.

35. Every such licence shall remain in force for twelve months from the date thereof, and application for the renewal of such licence shall be made before the expiry of the term for which such licence was granted.

36. The licence prescribed by section 33 of this by-law shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any licence or registration which may be required by any other enactment.

37. Any person who commits a breach of section 33 of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

38. Nothing in sections 39 to 44 (inclusive) shall be deemed to apply to any person permanently occupying any shop or other premises within the tribal district or any neighbouring tribal district for the purpose of selling goods to the public.

39. No person, whether acting on his own account, or as the servant of another person, shall carry on the trade or calling of a hawker in any Maori village within the tribal district without having first obtained from the Tribal Executive a licence, which shall be in the Form No. 3 in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect, and which shall be signed by the Chairman of the Tribal Executive.

40. Such licence shall have force throughout the whole of the Tribal District, and the fee therefor shall be £1.

41. Such licence shall remain in force for twelve months from the date thereof.

42. Every hawker shall at all times when carrying on his trade or calling within a Maori village carry such licence with him and shall show the same to any member of the Tribal Executive or any member of the Tribal Committee who shall demand to see the same.

43. The licence prescribed by section 39 of this by-law shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any licence which may be required by any other enactment.

44. Any person who commits a breach of sections 39 to 42 (inclusive) of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

MEETINGS

45. No person shall hold, promote, or organize any hui, tangi, or other Maori meeting except with the consent of the Tribal Executive, or otherwise than in accordance with any conditions which may be imposed by the Tribal Executive on the granting of such consent.

46. (1) Every person who shall hold, promote, or organize any hui, tangi, or other Maori meetings as aforesaid shall take steps—

(a) To ensure that proper precautions are carried out with regard to cleanliness, ventilation, and overcrowding of meeting-houses, cleanliness of the marae and cooking-houses and places used for the storage of food, and the proper disposal of refuse and rubbish :

(b) To ensure that sufficient privy accommodation to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health is provided for each sex, and that such privies are kept in a clean and sanitary condition :

(c) To prevent the fouling of water-supplies :

(d) To prevent any tangi, hui, or gathering being so unduly prolonged as to be a menace to public health :

(e) To prevent any acute cases of sickness remaining in a meeting-house, and to arrange for their removal to a detached dwellinghouse or to their own homes.

(2) Any person who commits a breach of sections 45 and 46 of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £10.

TRAFFIC

47. Any person who furiously or negligently drives or rides any vehicle or rides any animal within a Maori village shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

48. (1) During the holding of any hui, tangi, or other gathering within a Maori village every person in charge of any vehicle or animal shall comply with any directions which may be issued by the Tribal Executive or by any person duly appointed for the purpose of traffic control.

(2) Nothing in this by-law shall be deemed to empower the Tribal Executive to exercise control over any main highway or public road.

(3) Any person who commits a breach of this section of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.

PROTECTION OF BURIAL-GROUNDS

49. For the purposes of this by-law “burial-ground” includes any burial-ground, cave, or other place which is now used or has at any time been used as a repository for the corpse or bones of any deceased Maori whether such corpse or bones have been buried beneath the surface of the ground or not, but does not include any cemetery within the meaning of the Cemeteries Act, 1908.

50. Any person who wilfully carries on or causes to be carried on any digging or excavation within a burial-ground or removes or attempts to remove therefrom any human remains or any curio, artifact, ornament, weapon, article of clothing, or any other object whatsoever, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £20, and shall surrender any object so removed to the trustees appointed by the Maori Land Court for the control of such burial-ground, or, if there be no such trustees, to the Tribal Executive.

51. In the case of any burial-ground for the control of which trustees have been appointed by the Maori Land Court, nothing in this by-law shall be construed so as to deprive such trustees of any remedies which they may be entitled to exercise in respect of such burial-ground.